FK
Federico Kunze Küllmer is the Co-Founder and CEO of Evmos, a cross-chain decentralized application platform that provides EVM compatible smart contracts.
1Interview
2022First on the show
Feb 2022Latest appearance
20 minOn camera
19:43
Latest interview · Feb 28, 2022Evmos launching cross-chain platform for EVM applicationsWatch the episode →
In their own words
“We are going to launch our mainnet launch and our mainnet next Monday. So Monday the 20th of February it's going to be our mainnet launch.”
Key points from the latest interview
- Evmos integrates an EVM-equivalent blockchain into Cosmos using Tendermint consensus, enabling fast finality without rollups or Ethereum checkpointing.
- The platform allows ERC-20 tokens to function as Cosmos coins and enables non-EVM chains to interact with smart contracts via IBC protocol.
- Evmos mainnet launched on February 20th after originating as a proof-of-concept research project called Ethermint in late 2016.
- Security for cross-chain asset transfers relies on battle-tested IBC protocol for BFT chains and native smart contract implementations for EVM bridges.
- Users must convert ERC-20 tokens into Cosmos representations through governance-approved canonical token mappings before transferring via IBC.